Operations and sales
Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing in Chicago
33 postings read · sampled 2026-08-02 · source ats
What employers actually ask for
Credentials named in the 33 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.
- Associate DegreeAccredited institution12%4 of 33 postingsAccredited institution →
- Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution6%2 of 33 postingsAccredited institution →
This sample is small enough that one posting moves any percentage by more than a couple of points, so we are not calling anything low-signal here. Read the numbers above as a direction, not a measurement.
What it pays
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.
$46,240
10th percentile
$75,350
median
$137,000
90th percentile
Who was hiring
Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.
Stripe · Braze · Flexport · Asana · Verkada · Axios · Checkr · Elastic · Harvey · Instacart · MongoDB · Via
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